Mumbai, April 20: Bollywood superstars Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon are all set to star in the high-octane, historic period film ‘Panipat. The shooting for the upcoming film is all set to begin soon.  Veteran Art Director and Production Designer, Nitin Chandrakant Desai performed the ‘Bhumi-Pujan’ on the set of the much-awaited movie, Panipat along with director Ashutosh Gowariker at Nitin Desai (ND) Studios, Karjat on April 18, 2018.

‘Panipat’ is slated to release on December 6, 2019. Director Ashutosh Gowariker seems to be back with a bang after he received mixed reactions for his film ‘Mohenjo Daro’ which was unable to deliver at the box-office. But, now he is ready to experiment his love for a historical drama.

The movie is believed to take you back to history and show you what led to the third battle of Panipat. The movie is expected to be high on action. According to history, the battle fought between the northern expeditionary force of the Maratha Empire and the invading forces of the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali, supported by two Indian allies - the Rohilla Afghans of the Doab and Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh.

After Jodha Akbhar, this is one of the ambitious project by Gowariker for which he joined hands with Rohit Sheletkar's vision world, and will be produced by wife Sunita Gowariker under their home banner AGPPL.

While the teaser poster of the film is already out and it sees a hand holding a royal sword ready for action.

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